Top 10: Vodkas

Let’s face it -- in Australia, vodka’s lost a lot of cred over the past few years. The premixed drink market appeals to wasted teenage girls waving bottles of Watermelon Breezer while the upmarket vodkas show stuck up ice queens standing in the corner sipping cosmopolitans and raving about the “simply fantastic cocktails” they made last weekend from Absolut Whateverberry. Frankly, enough is enough; vodka is a man’s drink and it’s time we took it back.

Vodka was born in the frozen tundra of Russia and has been sipped, slurped and slammed since the 14th century. It is made from fermented potatoes or cereal grain (wheat, rye or corn) and is distilled and filtered in various ways to obtain its taste, smoothness and after-burn. In warmer nations like Australia, men are not traditionally big vodka drinkers, but with the market growing every year, we thought it was time we gave men the run-down on the 10 best vodkas out there.

If you already know what's good for you, check out some great vodka cocktail recipes at Liquor.com.